"These kids don't develop atherosclerosis the way adults do," she said.
High blood pressure increases the chance that you will develop atherosclerosis and have a heart attack or stroke.
There are signs that children who receive heart transplants develop atherosclerosis, a transplant surgeon says.
But if women go without estrogen for a long period after menopause, they will develop atherosclerosis.
In his early 50s Iverson developed atherosclerosis of the brain, which caused him to suffer from recurrent depression.
Once you develop atherosclerosis, each of these conditions can worsen the damage to your arteries.
People with diabetes tend to develop atherosclerosis earlier and more extensively than those without the disease.
But it is more likely to develop atherosclerosis and eventually close up again.
But when birds were kept free of infection and were fed the rich diets, they did not develop atherosclerosis.
People who have diabetes develop atherosclerosis more frequently and at a younger age than those not affected by the disease.